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She : a History of Adventure.

By: Haggard, H. Rider (Sir Henry Rider)

Price: $1,200.00

Publisher: London, Longmans, Green & Company: 1887

Seller ID: 3681

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

HAGGARD, H. Rider (Sir Henry Rider) , 1856-1925 : SHE : A HISTORY OF ADVENTURE. London : Longmans, Green & Co. , 1887. First edition : the so-called first issue, with all the misprints noted by Scott and Whatmore - although these would appear to be common to the whole of the edition. Endlessly reprinted ever since and the basis of at least eight film versions: in Margaret Atwoods phrase, Ayesha (She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed) has become a permanent feature of the human imagination. Crown 8vo (186 x 114mm). [viii], (318) , [ii]pp. Two colour plates. Bound in a smart later (late twentieth-century) full...
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The Forever War

By: Haldeman, Joe

Price: $750.00

Publisher: New York, 1974

Seller ID: 5860

Binding: Pulp

Condition: Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket

Haldeman, Joe - The Forever War. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1974, 1st edition, 8vo. VG/NF. Book has "+6X" in ink on front free end paper, otherwise a sound tight book. Jacket has very minor wear to extremities, shows very well. "One of the most important novels to come out of the U. S. Experiment in Vietnam." (Barron, Anatomy of Wonder, pg. 226.) Winner of the Hugo Award for best novel, 1975. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall
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When Shadows Disappear.

By: Hart, Frances Marion

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Boston, The Christopher Publishing House: 1933

Seller ID: 5268

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Hart, Frances Marion - When Shadows Disappear. Boston, The Christopher Publishing House, 1933,1st edition, Sm 8vo. FN/VG. Book is sound & tight with bright gilt to top board and spine, with just mild pushing to spine ends. Jacket has mild wear and chipping to extremities with small stain at spine and very small puncture hole at lower spine. "The chief interest for many readers will be the strange mystery that reaches its climax near the close of the story, a mystery that will tax the resources of mystics and occult students to solve." (from the jacket. ) 500.00; 8vo 8" - 9" ta...
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Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales.

By: Henry S. Whitehead.

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Sauk City, Arkham House: 1944

Seller ID: 4158

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Henry S. Whitehead. Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales. Sauk City: 1944. First edition. A collection of macabre stories set in the West Indies of the early 20th century. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. A near fine book in very good plus jacket. Dust jacket has some rubbing to corners and mild chipping to crown of spine. 1,559 copies printed. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall
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Pulpwood Editor.

By: Hersey, Harold B.

Price: $550.00

Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company: 1937

Seller ID: 4516

Binding: Pulp

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

Hersey, Harold B. Pulpwood Editor. New York Frederick A. Stokes 1937, 1937. First Edition. Very good with mild darkening where the pastedowns were glued to the covers with some off setting to the end pages. Dust jacket about very good with some loss at folds, spine ends and some tape mends. A very scarce book in original dust jacket . A nicely written and very important book for anyone who is a study of pulp fiction magazines. (Inv. # 4516) ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall
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The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin.

By: Houdini, Harry.

Price: $650.00

Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.: 1909

Seller ID: 5276

Binding: Pulp

Condition: Very Good

Houdini, Harry - The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin. London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. [1909. ] First British edition, Sm 8vo. VG. Addenda and corrigenda pages bound into the front of the book unlike other editions where they are bound into the back. 319 pages plus index pages 321-333. Cover and fly very slightly askew, slight bumping to spine ends and very mild bumping to corners, few small pieces of paper stuck to lower board. $650.00; Small 8vo 7" - 8" tall
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Stand on Zanzibar

By: John Brunner.

Price: $500.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1968

Seller ID: 5977

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Stand On Zanzibar - John Brunner. New York. Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1968, first edition, 8vo. NF/NF. Very mild rubbing to spine lettering, four pages with crease from a former fold. Bright dust jacket has mild wear to extremities, two " tears to front panel. "a massive book which creates with density of naturalistic detail the illusion of an entire near-future world, closely extrapolated from contemporary science, technology, and social trends." (Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature, pg. 2140) "This is an enormously ambitious novel" (Pringle, Science Fiction 100 Best Novels, pg. 125)...
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Engine Summer

By: John Crowley.

Price: $600.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1979

Seller ID: 5867

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Engine Summer. John Crowley. New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1979, 1st edition, 8vo. Inscribed: "For Jen-/with best wishes/& thanks/ & hopes for many birds/John Crowley." NF/FN. Slight lean to book spine and mild pushing to ends. Jacket has just trivial wear to extremities. "It is one of the rare science fiction books where the joy of discovery is surpassed by the joy of rediscovery upon a second reading." (Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature, Pg. 723.) "Beautifully written and eloquently argued." (Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 5th edition, pg. 173) 600.00; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Seeds of Life.

By: John Taine.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Reading, Pennsylvania, Fantasy Press: 1951

Seller ID: 4524

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Seeds of Life. John Taine. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press 1951. First edition. Orange boards with gilt lettering. Bottom of spine is gently pushed, else a wonderful copy in similar dust jacket, FN/FN. "A mutational romance first published in Amazing Stories Quarterly in 1931, in which an overdose of radiation transforms an ineffectual human into an enterprising superman…" Barron, Anatomy of Wonder, 2004. (Inv. 4524.) 75.00; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall
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The Crystal Horde

By: John Taine.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Reading, Pennsylvania, Fantasy Press: 1952

Seller ID: 4525

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

The Crystal Horde. John Taine. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press 1952. First edition. Orange boards with gilt lettering to spine. Spine ends slightly pushed, mild wear to two bottom corners in great looking dust jacket, NF/FN. Originally appeared in Amazing Stories Quarterly in 1930 as "White Lily [as] an account of alien invasion reminiscent of Merritt's The Metal Monster…" Barron, Anatomy of Wonder, 2004. (Inv. 4525.) 75.00; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall
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The Forbidden Garden.

By: John Taine.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Reading, Pennsylvania, Fantasy Press: 1947

Seller ID: 4526

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

The Forbidden Garden. John Taine. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press 1947. First edition. Orange boards with gilt lettering to spine. Spine ends slightly pushed. Moderate chipping to spine ends and some wear to edges of front and back spine panels. NF/VG. Four inserted plates in b&w. "An extravagant romance…based on bizarre mutational effect" Nicholls, The Science Fiction Encyclopedia, 1979 (Inv. 4526.) 50.00; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall
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The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces

By: Lovecraft, H. P.

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Sauk City, Arkham House: 1959

Seller ID: 3616

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

The Shuttered Room And Other Pieces by H. P. Lovecraft. First Edition, 1959. 313pp. Publisher's gilt titled black cloth; grey endpapers. Unclipped $5.00 price. Binding is tight, slight bumping to head and tail of spine otherwise a wonderful copy. Dust jacket with minor wear and ag toning to extremities. 2500 copy print run so stated. ; Small 8vo 7" - 8" tall
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The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces

By: Lovecraft, H. P.

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Sauk City, Arkham House: 1966

Seller ID: 3621

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces by H. P. Lovecraft. First edition 1966. Book in fine condition with fine dust wrapper with just mild bumping to foot of spine. $5.00 unclipped jacket. "...a posthumous collaboration by Derleth from a story theme set forth by Lovecraft, a story falling within the range of recorded Lovecraft dreams." (Jaffery, Horrors and Unpleasantries, pg. 89) 3500 printed so stated but in actuality 3460 copies printed. ; Small 8vo 7" - 8" tall
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Dreams and Fancies

By: Lovecraft, H. P.

Price: $325.00

Publisher: Sauk City, Arkham House: 1962

Seller ID: 3622

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Dreams and Fancies by H. P. Lovecraft. First edition 1962. A collection of letters written by Lovecraft to his friends in which he discusses his dreams, followed by 8 stories. Fine with very slight bumping to spine in a near fine dust wrapper. 2,000 copy print run so stated. ; Small 8vo 7" - 8" tall
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Collected Poems

By: Lovecraft, H. P.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Sauk City, Arkham House: 1963

Seller ID: 5261

Binding: Pulp

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Lovecraft, H. P. - Collected PoemsSauk City, Wisconsin, Arkham House, 1963, 1st edition 12mo. NF/NF. Spine ends slightly pushed, lower corners mildly bumped, dust wrapper has some age toning to spine and flap folds. Dust jacket sports a moody night scene by Frank Utpatel. 2000 copies printed so stated. 250.00; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall
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The Mote in God's Eye

By: Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry

Price: $500.00

Publisher: New York, 1974

Seller ID: 5861

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry - The Mote In God's Eye. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1974, 1st edition, 8vo. NF/VG. Slight pushing to spine ends, lite fading to top and bottom edges of front and rear boards. Jacket is unclipped with mild edge wear mainly to spine ends with some vertical creasing evident on the back flap near the crease, " and " tears to back panel. "is ambitious in purpose and convincingly executed; despite some literary weaknesses the novel works, providing quality science fiction entertainment." (Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature, pg. 1463.) ; Small 4to 9" - 11...
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A Scanner Darkly

By: Philip K. Dick

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: New York, Ace Books Inc.: 1977

Seller ID: 4510

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

A Scanner Darkly - Philip K. Dick. Advance review copy with slip laid in. New York, DoubleDay & Co Inc. First edition with G51 gutter code to page 216. Tan boards with black lettering. Spine ends very slightly pushed, previous owners stamp to front past down and erasure mark to ffep. A near fine copy in fine dust jacket with Doubleday review copy slip laid in dated January 21 1977. A movie based on this book released in 2006 "An affecting, powerful novel." (Anatomy of Wonder, Barron 2004.) Seller inventory # 4510 ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall
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The Game-Players of Titan

By: Philip K. Dick

Price: $450.00

Publisher: 1979

Seller ID: 5870

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

The Game-Players of Titan Philip K. Dick. Boston, Gregg Press, 1979. First American hard cover edition. 8vo. FN with no dust jacket as issued. A very nice tight copy which appears unread. "is a suspenseful and literate science fiction adventure that convincingly portrays the sense of a frustrated society being manipulated by a force that has all the strategic advantages at its command." (Robert Thurston from the introduction, pg. Vi) 450.00; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Planet of Light.

By: Raymond F. Jones.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PN, John C. Winston Company.: 1953

Seller ID: 4503

Binding: Pulp

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Planet of Light. Raymond F. Jones. Philadelphia, John C. Winston Company. 1953, First edition. 8vo. 17th entry in the Winston science fiction series. Green boards with dark red lettering. Book in FN with spine ends slight pushed. Dust jacket in VG has 1" closed tear to back cover , some wear at spine ends and front joint. Jacket unclipped $2.00 price. Seller inventory #4503.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Stranger in a Strange Land

By: Robert A. Heinlein

Price: $3,500.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1961

Seller ID: 5859

Binding: Pulp

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Heinlein, Robert A. - Stranger in a Strange Land. New Your, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1961, 1st edition, 8vo. NF/VG. A solid looking book with great gild to spine. Very mild lean to spine, more evident to crown than foot. Corners have just a very mild trivial amount of dulling. The original dealers (Kroch's & Brentano's) sticker to back panel of jacket. Rubbing, wear and mild chipping to extremities and folds, not priced clipped. "Stranger in a Strange Landbecame an underground classic, the first "Best seller" to emerge from the science fiction genre." (Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature,...
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Category: Science Fiction Books